Reading about the Birds Eye plant closing its doors, leaving more people in our community without work, is sad news. I understand businesses these days make decisions based on the bottom line of cost efficiency, but I don’t see how that is helping our country, and I don’t think it should be tolerated.

If Pinnacle Foods doesn’t want to support Central New York, why should Central New York support Pinnacle Foods? Birds Eye workers of more than 20 years will receive eight weeks of severance pay, but as consumers we can cut our funding today.